Grapefruit-Sized Quantum Sensor Mapped Earth’s Magnetic Field From Space
Insider Brief A student-built quantum sensor using nitrogen-vacancy diamonds successfully measured Earth’s magnetic field aboard the International Space…
The mangled remains of probes sent to Venus may still be there
When international space agencies send probes out into the solar system, many are abandoned to expire and deteriorate…
Does Dante’s Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?
Dante’s famous 14th century epic poem, “Inferno,” which is the first part of the Italian writer’s “Divine Comedy,”…
NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally pulled a rock out of Mars
A newly released series of images captures an unusual moment for NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars after a…
Webb just found a galaxy that shouldn't exist for another 10 billion years — and it quietly breaks the textbook timeline of how galaxies grow up – Space Daily
Webb just found a galaxy that shouldn’t exist for another 10 billion years — and it quietly breaks…
Tasmanians who saw meteor lighting up the sky last night ‘very lucky’, astronomer says
The bright flash and trail of a meteor across the night sky was seen last night from all…
The Night Sky This Week
Topline This is the darkest and most rewarding week of May for stargazing. With the moon fading from…
Scientists say Dante’s Inferno described an asteroid impact 500 years before modern science
Dante Alighieri’s Inferno may contain more than religious symbolism and poetic imagination. According to new research, the famous…
45 Million Light-Years Away, Scientists Finally Captured the Violent Heart of a Galaxy Being Consumed by Its Own Black Hole
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of Messier 77, a spiral galaxy whose…
Starwatch: Prime time to see Virgo, one of the fainter zodiac constellations | Astronomy
The constellation of Virgo, the virgin, is particularly well placed for observation during the northern spring months. Virgo…
Asteroid debris on Moon poses threat to Earth
Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles,…
Massive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big Bang
Far back in cosmic time, one small red object is refusing to behave. Abell 2744–QSO1 appears just 700…